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'''Orcobal''' was an [[orc]] mentioned in the [[Fall of Gondolin]] as being the chiefest champion. He was slain by [[Ecthelion of the Fountain]].
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'''Orcobal''' was the chief champion of the [[orcs]] present at the [[fall of Gondolin]]. He was slain by [[Ecthelion|Ecthelion of the Fountain]], who "cleft the head of Orcobal [...] to his teeth" before the gates of [[Gondolin]].<ref name="LT2Gondolin">{{HM|LT2}}, "The Fall of Gondolin".</ref>
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He only appears in Tolkien's early ''[[The Fall of Gondolin]]''.
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"there are Tolkien's latest thoughts, his best thoughts, and his published thoughts and these are not necessarily the same." — Tolkien's Legendarium
This article is non-canon.

Orcobal was the chief champion of the orcs present at the fall of Gondolin. He was slain by Ecthelion of the Fountain, who "cleft the head of Orcobal [...] to his teeth" before the gates of Gondolin.[1]

He only appears in Tolkien's early The Fall of Gondolin.

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  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin".
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